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Three Teachers, One Challenge: Improving Student Engagement with Course Readings

Lonna Summers Rocha, Carrie L. La Voy, and Steven H. White February 16, 2026

We often hear faculty complain that students are not reading the course material. Studies consistently report low rates of reading compliance across disciplines, with students citing time pressures, unclear purpose, perceived irrelevance, and weak accountability structures as reasons for skipping assigned materials (Hoeft, 2012; Brost

Using Snorkl AI to Enhance Learning and Engagement

Ann Wheeler and Sarah Cooley February 16, 2026

Every teacher knows the challenge: Students complete homework at 9:00 p.m., get stuck, and have to wait until the next day’s class for help. By then, you’re facing a mountain of assignments that all show the same misconception.

What You and Your Students Need to Know About AI Prompt Engineering

John Orlando February 9, 2026

Instructors and students waste many hours struggling to get what they want out of an AI chatbot due to a lack of understanding of prompt engineering. With AI playing an increasingly important role in work, prompt engineering is one of the most important skills our

Using Student-Generated Case Studies to Personalize Learning and Boost Engagement

Vincent J. Granito February 2, 2026

Students often struggle to understand complex or abstract concepts, especially when they cannot see how those ideas connect to their lives. I’ve learned that if students cannot see themselves in a concept, they usually cannot fully grasp it. Case studies can help by placing course

From Compliance to Discernment: Empowering Students’ Agency in AI Use

Illysa Izenberg and Nathan Perlman January 12, 2026

Imagine that all AI applications are surrounded by a high, impenetrable fence. At the gate stands a calm but firm Gatekeeper who unlocks the gate only when a student has an acceptable reason to use AI for a specific task.

AI for Role-Play Simulations

John Orlando January 12, 2026

Most people think of AI only in terms of answering questions or creating works such as images and songs. But AI’s power lies in its ability to interact with users, and to this end, instructors can use it for highly realistic chat-based simulations without the

Differentiated Instruction by Way of AI

John Orlando November 17, 2025

Higher education has traditionally worked on a one-size-fits-all teaching model. Each course has its curriculum, and the assessments measure how well students learn it. Students who struggle to understand the material either withdraw or get a poor grade, while the best students may not be

Cocreating Agile Academic Integrity Guiding Principles for AI with Equity

Hoda Mostafa, Maha Bali, and Yasser Atef November 17, 2025

When generative AI (GenAI) appeared on the higher education landscape, the general reaction ranged from enthusiasm and curiosity to grave concern around how a technology that was not designed for education would impact our lives as educators and the lives of learners. The uncertainty educators

An Assignment for Teaching Research Skills Using AI

Jolyn E. Dahlvig November 10, 2025

The integration of generative AI into education is an exciting opportunity to transform how we learn and teach. I embraced this potential by introducing an assignment using Google’s Notebook LM. Unlike other AI tools, Notebook LM lets users upload their own resources—articles, videos, even YouTube

Brisk: An All-in-One AI Assistant for Teachers

John Orlando November 3, 2025

Nearly all educational apps have incorporated AI in some way to enhance their functionality, and many new educational AI apps have emerged over the past year. This plethora of choices can leave teachers bewildered as to what to choose, but now we are starting to

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